I have taken some electric shocks and even had a strike knock me down inside the canoe and go across my arms and up into my jaw making me break my tooth from biting down and it wasnt even raining...my rods are always singing from static without even picking them up...the 15ft pushpole is a lightning rod and its what I use to get around...last yr 2 guys died within 5 miles of me...all that being said I still will continue to fish ...when its your time you will die but not until...I am proof...